I am in a card state of mind...

at least for today and my never ending quest to use up my scraps...
so today I made 4 cards...crazy right? the first 3 using up scraps from my Studio Calico Block Party kit and a 4th using up some BG fact/fiction.

happy.happy...I used a tutorial from Gillian on the Studio Calico blog to create these awesome stars...glad that most of my birthday cards are used at work and I can hand deliver them!

the second two are hi cards that are pretty flat so I can send them in the mail...
this one uses a printable from SC and a fabric circle from BG fact/fiction.

and this one uses another printable and some orange twine from The Twinery.

the last card uses BC fact/fiction and I was inspired by the Sunday sketch on the SC blog

I think I might go work on a layout now...thanks for stopping by:)

It's been a busy week...

but I did find time to finish up the little mini albums I made as thank you gifts for the girls that came to mag's birthday party...

and some matching thank you cards using last week's Sunday sketch from Studio Calico

and another thank you card for my mom using this week's Studio Calico Sunday sketch...

love that AT paper to bits and now I have used it all up...thanks for stopping by and have a great week:)

Happy Birthday to me!

I have had a lovely day spent with family celebrating my way too old birthday.  I also spent a significant amount of time with my scrap goodies this weekend!

I made a LO with a picture from thanksgiving using my SC kit and some BG fiction...also added some SC Memoir in to match the moment color on the tag.

and I cut family out of AC POW paper using my Silhouette.

I also made a card for the LOAW #4 (layout a week) challenge in the challenge forum at SC...
I lifted a LO by the ever so talented neroliskye ...and I used up the scraps from my last couple of LOs!

Hope you have a wonderful week:)

Inspired Blueprints #81

Inspired Blueprints is back! And I am excited that I was able to play for the first round.
Here is my LO...

I used my January Studio Calico kit plus some BG Fact or Fiction (love that flair button) and a blue sheet of Crate Paper paper from the Story Teller line to scrap these cute pics taken during mags' birthday party.

A new challenge site...

So Ally from the Studio Calico boards has set up a new challenge site to use up some stash...and the first challenge is up and due on February 4th so get hoppin'! It's called Shop Your Stash Challenge and she has one heck of a first challenge for those who are ribbon impaired...aka me!  But I did manage to make 3 cards for the Valentine's Day card swap at Studio Calico.

Here are the "rules" for this challenge

1. Use a patterned paper that is either from your stash, or if you are a kit subscriber, from a kit that is more than 6 months old! 

2. Use a piece of patterned or printed chipboard (non-alpha). For example, the printed chipboard used on this card was from an OLD KI Memories collection. Love that black and white! 

3.Your goal is to submit to the Member Gallery Featured Layout Scraplift Challenge featuring a beautiful layout by Melissamann.

I used a MME paper pack dated 2007 and a small strip of old Pink Paislee, pink and white ribbon (and I used up the spool...woot), and some who knows what kind of chip that I found in my "holiday" blackhole box.

Thanks for the challenge Ally!

thanks long weekend!

I was able to get the laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping, errands and 2 layouts done! That's almost unheard of in my neck of the woods.  I even took a trip to the mall with mags so she could get something new to wear to her birthday party next weekend.

My first LO is about the trip we took to my brother's house the day after thanksgiving...not something I was really looking forward to, but my dad was in town and my brother was stuck at home so 3 hours there and 3 hours back I drove...glad I did:)

This one is based on the Sunday sketch at Studio Calico and I finally broke into my January kit ...

I also used my January kit plus some BG Fiction on the next one...black paint and Mr. Huey gold splotches and I tried my hand at some messy thread too...

I finished another this evening and hope I can take a picture and share soon.

I'm in a card making state of mind.

I managed 2 cards this week for the CHA challenges and the Sunday sketch at Studio Calico.
The first is a birthday card made from SC Hey Day die cuts and the scraps from my last LO.  I embossed the SC veneer bird with some AC silver glitter ZING.

The second card was made from some more Echo Park everyday eclectic and a HI speech bubble I cut with my cameo.

Thanks for stopping by.  Hopefully, I will have a LO to share soon!